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You awaken amidst the darkness with only a faint light to greet you. Your body is hemmed in by shards of crystals, gently sparkling and possibly pricking your skin. The surrounding landscape is dyed in the pinks and purples of the dusk filled with crystals protruding from the ground, some as large as a skyscraper. After an hour or two of wandering through the crystal wilderness, a group of people find you worse for wear. They are the gallant Moon Knights from the planet of Prismatica. Because of the strange phenomena during the past months when scientists observed the sudden appearance of rainbow crystals in the sky, the government has been feverishly combing through the moon for more Moonblessed to be rescued. You’ll eventually be brought into Iris’s moon government center.

You all may have your usual inquiries — Where are we? Who are you? What's going on? — and the Prismals are almost too eager to answer. They tell you about their world and about the first appearance of the Moonblessed as the medical staff give you an examination to make sure you’re not carrying any viruses or biological hazards. If you react violently, you may be restrained and nerfed with a specialized neurotransmitting gun that releases a numbing agent through the top of your spine. Once the examinations are over, you’re informed that you will be provided accommodations on their planet during your stay. You will then be escorted to the docks, and led onto a large transport vessel that makes frequent trips back and forth between the Iris moon and the planet. Faces onboard vary from both old and new Moonblessed as well as the local Prismals.

The next destination: Prismatica.

▶ There and Back Again
Iris Moon, Government Center (Arrival) and Planet Prismatica, City of Lunatia | top

Welcome to Prismatica’s hub, Lunatia, the city of your dreams! A bustling metropolis lush with bright lights, vibrant colors, luxuriant plant life, and all the conveniences of technology absent from your own world… It seems like paradise to all the uninitiated. After a quick tour of the city, new arrivals can find themselves getting cozy in their new homes.

 A  Settle in your new home at Level 2 to find new roommates and say hello to your neighbors! City officials will give you directions to the designated districts across Level 2 and instruct you to pick out a unit. Each apartment complex has a different aesthetic, some may look cozy, some stylish, and some bizarre. The free accommodations have a basic living space that can only fit two or three people at most in one unit.

Starter Chromaspace furnishings are provided which can be controlled with the touch of a built-in panel. Examples are color-changing curtains, transforming sofa beds, cabinets turning into tables, etc. Customizing your apartment or moving out will have to wait until you earn more chroma. Until then, why don’t you check out your new neighborhood or explore the city levels? Maybe your new roommates or neighbors can give you a “hand” with allowance for dinner.

 B  As a Remooning gift from the Lunar Scientia Headquarters, the dedicated team from the Amphoria Room has released their latest perfected technology: Amphoria Pods. These VR Pods, which can fit up to four people at a time, have been set up in the gaming hub within Level 1’s PrismaPlace. They allow users to upload sceneries of their world in order to create a realistic holographic landscape of their homes that others can access and play around with, granting everyone the means to relive past memories with their loved ones as well as interact with the bestiary of other worlds. The pods also use the same technology that enhanced the popular virtual game, League Match Action Online (LmaO), which means you’re liable to feel the chill of cold environments, the burning heat from boiling water, the hard slap of your ex-lover, or the biting sting of a stray wasp. All who use the Amphoria Pods for the first time this year will also receive a small amount of Chroma in case things get too real.

▶ God Save Us from the Queen
Level 1, PrismaPlace and Level 2, Greatmoon Groves | top

The first month of the year is packed with two of the most important winter events this season: Queen Elara’s birthday and the League Match Action Online (LmaO) PVP semi-finals. It just so happens that the Queen of Lunatia is also a huge LmaO fan. Coincidence? Definitely not! LmaO players and royal family fans alike can meet her at PrismaPlace, where she will be appearing in cosplay of her favorite hero, Ah-Kari, while holding a body pillow of Commander GareBear. You, too, can get an autograph or selfie with the birthday girl if you’re willing to fall in line! Her bodyguards will also be in LmaO cosplay, keeping the crowd under control during the long wait.

Queen Elara

Good day to you all! This may come as a surprise to our guests the Moonblessed, but I am a normal person despite my exalted position. Please do not think of me today as Queen Elara. Instead... my name is Ah-Kari, sorceress of the crystal! With my soul fan blades, through the darkness, I shall slice all who dare hurt my commander in twain!

But when she is not meeting and greeting...

Queen Elara

My comrades, we're going to make history today. We're going for a new record. Perhaps the highest kill counts or the fastest clear for this map — it matters not. We’ve practiced day and night for this tournament, so let us show everyone that we’re not to be taken lightly! Also, the livestream is going in the royal archive, so make your successors proud!!

... she will be furiously grinding her character and training her skills in LmaO in the hopes of qualifying for the finals. Spectators will see her bring her own team full of hapless palace attendants who are there to either serve as her practice match partners or provide support to the one-woman army that is Queen Elara.

PrismaPlace is packed with giant crowds, many of them also in cosplay. While the semi-finals are taking place, new and old LmaO players alike can participate in the game’s current campaign: players who form teams get an improved chance of spawning unique monsters as well as winning rare items and skins in those prized lootboxes! Teams can also try to clear the event’s story together, featuring an aerial battle fought on griffin-back, which is heavily inspired by the popular Lunatian epic, The Battle of Abraxas, a colorful and complex story about the conflict between two families fighting over the fictional land of griffins, Abraxas.

 A  Progression in the event requires acquiring a griffin mount and getting it ready for battle. You can lure a wild one to yourself with a special veggie pie on a fishing pole. Should the griffin reject the lure, your character will be caught in a wind gaol and can only break out with the help of other players. Should you succeed, raising the griffin is a tedious task that involves players training alongside their respective griffins, running laps with them, taking them to hunt monsters, and feeding them properly. Depending on their diet, the food you give them will affect the color of its plumage and their battle stats.

Or you can skip the hard work and simply moonlace with your teammates through all the progression bars and required materials to save time. Once finished, you’ll be able to battle one another through the thunderous aerial domain of Abraxas. Clearing the event will net you an event-exclusive skin inspired by the royal family’s shining celestial robes and a weapon skin of a body pillow with your favorite character, so do your best!

 B  In celebration of Queen Elara’s birthday, the office of the royal household is hosting a modest tea party in the Greatmoon Groves. Swiffy bots that are normally programmed to remind visitors to keep the groves clean are now playing a birthday jingle on repeat. For people who prefer to be away from the blinding neon lights and the thumping techno music of PrismaPlace, this is the ideal escape. Unlimited tea and cookies are being served!

The tea is a soft-colored lilac concoction made from Ehrysian tea leaves that are known to cause a huge spike of alertness and is popular to Moon Knights and office workers with long night shifts as well as gamers for those all-night grinding sessions. The assorted cookies have either Ah-Kari or Commander GareBear printed on them. In case it isn't obvious yet, both are the birthday girl’s favorite LmaO characters.

Any Moonblessed looking for extra income is welcome to be royal attendants for the day; the hours are paid by Demichroma. They must be properly dressed up as maids or butlers (outfits provided by the royal household) as they serve tables.

▶ Say Cheese
Level 3, Caihong | top

Meanwhile, Caihong is in the midst of Remooning festivities in celebration of the new year, and merriment usually lasts a fortnight, filled with fireworks in the sky. Upon entering the district, beautiful Prismals with rat ears and tails greet you with a Happy Remooning and eagerly tug you along to join in.

Those welcomed will receive a pack of multi-colored sparklers, mooncakes topped with cheese, and a glowing drink called Champagne Supernova, poured in a thin glass in your hand. If you are over eighteen, the rat Prismals will ask if you prefer your drink with a kick. If you say yes, then they will add flavorful ice that causes extreme intoxication and might leave you to be susceptible to all levels of suggestion. Saying no (or if you’re under 18) will simply leave it as a sweet drink.

 A  One of the party games being played by the locals is called Lucky Tail, which is basically pinning the tail on the holographic rat stand-in — with a twist, it must be played with a partner! Another participant will blindfold you, spin you around, then push you forward. The stand-in is located at the end of unsteady elevated platforms forming a maze, filled to the brim with distracting objects underneath. They’re long, they’re thick, and they’re vibrating furiously in an attempt to knock you off the platforms.

Your partner must guide you by voice to successfully navigate through the maze! The game is rigged with various mechanisms, so stepping on specific platforms will activate a number of traps against you or your partner: machines that may tickle, drop colorful slime, or cause the platform to repetitively spin, and who knows what else?

Should you manage to get through the obstacle course and pin the tail successfully, you and your partner will win copious amounts of Demichroma, courtesy of Buwan from Buwan’s Stop.

 B  Another attraction is a fun magic glamour booth known for its face or body swap features. The booth staff, clad in their festive rat paraphernalia, will encourage you and your friends to take aesthetic shots using an illusion generator. The effects last an hour. Photographed images can be instantly uploaded and shared in Prismagram. New year, new you! Why not take the chance to celebrate this momentous occasion in a unique fashion? It’s all in good humor.

There are two buttons to press: (A) CUSTOM or (B) RANDOM. Pressing A will allow participants to customize their desired effects. Pressing B will cause the illusion magic to randomly rearrange participants in questionable positions, new outfits (or lack thereof), and you may even come out of the booth looking like your best friend or your worst rival. The possibilities are endless!

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[aheroipray]

[ She gestures for Alisaie to follow her as she takes a few steps down the hall, opening the door with a twist of her key. She calls - ]

Princess? Princess...?

[ No response. Hm. She opens the door for Alisaie as she steps in - the apartment is colored a light green with some pastels, but it's not overly feminine. Especially not with all the blueprints and such scattered around. Just a cursory glance shows that the blueprints are for various weapon types - some drawings are for clothing, some elegant, some understated. Allumette sets her groceries down on the kitchen counter and huffs. ]

Perhaps she went out. Ah, well. Can't keep a Xaela too long, and she knows how to take care of herself. I'm more worried for anyone she bumps into, if they manage to invoke her wrath.

[ She gathers a few project blueprints off of a stool, gesturing for Alisaie to sit as she pleases. ]

Would you like something to drink? - how much have you seen of the city?

1/2

[likethelight]

[ "I almost want to whisk you away—" He blinks at that, caught a little offguard. And it's a good thing she continues because he would have laughed rather sheepishly and squirmed at trying to figure out how to answer that. Though in fact his expression drops a bit as she goes on. Going slack with surprise, but—with awe too, and his eyes widen. The way she's talking...

There is something so profoundly lonely about it. And he doesn't buy how she trails off like that, that it's just to "learn more about his world" even if he isn't certain what she meant to say. Just that it's sad, that his words would seem to strike her so hard, and that she would reach out to him in a way that seems so very lonely.

Like she doesn't have anyone else. That's what it feels like.

And a dark, ugly part of him also tenses up at that, because is it really safe for him to form any kind of lasting friendship with someone like her. Is the 14th actually gone? Is his existence, at least for now, no longer a threat to others? If it starts to awaken again, can he fight it better this time?

But that darkness... it doesn't feel as suffocating as before. Nowhere near as oppressive and hopeless. Because even just talking like that have been, even if it hasn't been long...

...it's nice. It's really nice, being able to talk to someone like this. Like a warm light. One that makes his chest feel heavy and ache with a pleasant warmth.

Because it feels hopeful. And that's a scary sort of thing to realize, because it makes him realize just how bleak everything felt before. Is it real? The situation has changed so much, after all. Can he believe this, that it won't come crashing down like a house of cards?

(That there's nothing she wouldn't get unfairly caught up in if it does?) ]

2/2

[likethelight]

[ So he breathes finally. Squares his shoulders, and exhales. ]

Okay. [ It comes... easily, actually. Said in the same breath he let out, gentle and with a delicate sort of certainty.

It's because it sounds like she needs certainty. That's why. ]

Okay, let's do that then. [ It'd be so silly to take her hand again so he doesn't. Just stands across from her with his shoulders back and looks her in the eye very seriously. Very gently, but soberly and with very clear intent. Like he's swearing to something of the utmost importance. ] I told you before, didn't I?

I won't go anywhere. [ Said without a blink. As if it's the simplest, most obvious sort of thing. ]

Until we can all go home together, I won't go.

[ It's... not a promise he knows if he can keep. But it's one he'd like to. After all, he realized something. In the situation they're in... they're all probably quite lonely, aren't they. Lonely, alone, and away from everything they've known.

And whatever his own issues, he doesn't think he could live with himself if he left her by herself like that. ]

[blast_barrage]

((ooc: Yes, but like straight-up the creators say this takes heavy inspiration from DBZ with power-up abilities, the Goku-like figure, Timor and the general aesthetic. The interesting bit is we get them after the big bad is beat and we're traveling backwards as they go back to where the goku-like character Vale used the spirit bomb. It's called the Nova bomb in this one.))

Yeah she's great. Got to get back to her as soon as I can, but none of these people know a damn thing about getting us home. [There's some irritation there, but what are you going to do? He definitely frightened a scientist or two but nothing came of it.]

That might be worth looking at later. I haven't exactly had the time to train like I did when I was a kid. Seems like here we've got nothing but time.

[He had a wife and kids to look after so he couldn't just go off and train.

Timor stepped back out into the open air to look out over the place from Vegeta's memories. He had to wonder if this planet was anything like the one he was born on. Especially with Vegeta being on a different world than the one he was born on too.]

So this place have a good area to train in? I know you said it's fine if I break things, but might as well start where we're supposed to be.

[queenofminiskirts]

[...huh.]

So not only am I stuck in some kind of bullshit isekai arc, I'm stuck in one of those settings?

[...those sure are words she just said. Whether any of those make sense to anyone who doesn't know about these things is debatable.

But she listens when he tells her to look forward at least.]

I see... [Then...Great Liang was probably Chena then...?] So there are other people from Japan here. [She doesn't look back because he told her not to but she wanted to...] Are there other people from the same place as you here?

[She's worried about him being the only one because that would probably be lonely...

And yes, the ground does come at them pretty fast and while she's landed harder and at higher speeds this was exciting for being her first time doing this without being in near full control of her own descent.

Even when she'd crashed the satellite she'd had more control than this.

It was exciting. And when they do land she laughs.] That was really cool!

[reorienting]

[Perhaps to his credit, he doesn't ask. He continues to deftly make breakfast.]

I did. Ah...

[Swallowing, he clears his throat.]

My memories are slightly fuzzy regarding last night, my apologies. But... I get the distinct impression that I might have been too forward.

[His ears turn a little red, though it's not the easiest thing to see given how shaggy and unkempt it is. His cheeks, however, are almost as red.]

If I made you uncomfortable at all, I am sorry. I will work hard so that it does not happen again.

Moreover, however... did you sleep well, as well?

[A tendril starts plating the eggs before they can burn, as deftly as any hand with fingers despite having an amorphous structure, and another retrieves the toast. Glenn spares an eye on their movements to make sure that his aim is right as he takes another sip of water.]

:eyes:!!

[unresolving]

I wouldn't worry about it too much. I hardly think he'd appreciate being kept in the dark on such a matter. [Thancred certainly wouldn't, anyway. But he also felt like if there was anyone that should know about things like this, it was definitely their fellow Scions. They could handle it, and... Well, you never know. It might be relevant someday.] I'm not sure if anyone's broken the news to you yet, but you were here once, yourself.

[The only thing that gives it away, really, was the fact that she was surprised to see him here. He hadn't been here very long when they first met in this world, but they had met, and there shouldn't have been any reason for her to forget it.]

Of course, I can't say that's the case for everyone, either. But I would say there's a good chance that our presence here has little effect on our presence anywhere else.

[Which is kinda really weird and spooky, when you think about it, but that's what it seemed like, at the moment.]

[relearning]

[ You know, that's fair. At least this one wasn't someone who had intent to hurt her or something. ]

Yeah, I'm by myself. For the first time in years .... It feels weird.

[ There were some times back home where she wished she had time to herself, but now that she actually had it she realized how much she really wanted her friends back. Meeting new people by herself was going to be difficult.

She had a pretty decent start, at least. ]

[relearning]

[ She's nice. Sometimes.

Okay, to be fair, she has no idea how her friends put up with her sometimes. ]

How nice.

[ Obvious sarcasm. But, she takes her dues and puts the blindfold on. ]

[intulpable]

They certainly are, in a manner of speaking, you're quite right.

[he listens to her intently, captivated by the thought of a society which achieved certain heights of invention, only to backslide. he can't help drawing a haphazard comparison to the Roman empire, even though he knows it's not a complete match. correlations are human nature, after all.]

And I'm used to pocket recorders. They just barely started making portable telephones available in my world, but they're expensive, and I saw no reason to complicate my life with one. This thing is going to take some getting used to, to be sure. ... I'm at least glad I'm not the only one.

[he takes a long drink of the tea, now that it's cooled enough not to burn his mouth so much]

Interesting decorations we have on these cookies. I think I've just eaten something's ear.

[sorry, Commander Gare-Bear.]

[sterilize]

( there's a thoughtful hum on her lips as she thinks it over, more or less just tugging jiang cheng along although she has no real idea where they're going. to be honest, she's got a bit of a happy bounce in her step, a usually sharp brain made into fluff and flowers, thanks to him. )

Dumplings?

[intulpable]

Well, that's a no-go for me, then. I have to have a good cup of coffee in the morning. Absolutely essential. Though, I have to say, I'm sure the buffets aren't as bad as the worst mug of joe I've ever imbibed in my ilfe.

[he has no problem talking as they walk, letting Ace lead, drinking in any notable landmarks or details as they go. it's all absolutely fascinating, from the buildings to the native citizens to the wide variety of other Moonblessed who walk around, their bodies free of the peculiar shimmering patches visible on the Prismals]

It wasn't very long ago, as a matter of fact. I was visiting the home of someone who'd come to be a dear friend of mine, Pete Martell. He's a logger and a very avid fisherman, quite a sharp mind and a deft chess player, too, good old Pete. I'd come by to ask him some questions, because he'd been the first - unfortunately - to discover the body of a young girl who'd been murdered. He was kind enough to offer Sheriff Truman and myself a cup of coffee, but ... somehow, for whatever reason, he'd forgotten that he left something in the percolator before brewing the coffee.

[he pauses, both out of disgust at the memory and for comedic effect]

... A fish.

[have_hat_will_travel]

It's a change, for sure, especially if you're not naturally an extroverted sort.

But I'm willing to bet you can handle it better than you think.

we both got our apps in~

[swordfighting]

[ she gives a little nod that indicates yes - she thought as much herself, when letting him know. she couldn't see much where it would hurt anything.

that second statement, though, has surprise crossing her face. ]

I've been here before?

[ don't mind her placing a hand under her chin, much like her twin brother, as she ponders that. she has absolutely no memory, not even vaguely or dream like, of this place. that's more worrisome than she'd like to let on. ]

I see your point, though. If I can be here and return to the First with no memory only to come back, then it stands whatever is taking us here is doing it without affecting us there or back home.

Odd. And not very reassuring, but at least I know it means everything shan't fall apart if we're not there.

[ she's clearly perturbed enough to sober her caffeine rush somewhat, though she's trying not to let that show. ]

[relearning]

I guess.

[ She has a habit of not making the best impressions on people. ]

... What is there to see around here anyway?

[have_hat_will_travel]

For simply places to see... My recommendation would be to start looking around. But don't let yourself get lost... This place is huge.

Good news is, this apartment complex is where most people new to here stay, so it's a perfect start point and a good landmark to base things off of.

[Pidonus isn't yet sure what to suggest, knowing Aisha so little.]

[chifengzun]

[ Everything Xichen says just makes him worry more. Especially the question. Why would he mind?

There's an answer, a guess at least, right on his periphery. Mingjue refuses to reach out and grab it.

Instead, he reaches over in a way that's not usual for him, his hands falling just above his friend's elbows. ]

Xichen... Of course not, get a hold of yourself. I would never blame for something such as this. We have always-... [ Been brothers...? He tries again, firm and sure. ] We have always been family.

[relearning]

I think I'll be able to find my way back okay if I do get lost.

[ She can LEVITATE. But she'll only do that if she gets lost, so she can see where to go. ]

But just in case, is there a map or something I can use? Preferably one I can mark on.

[ There was that weird Nasod technology that was given to her when she got here, but she didn't know anything about how to use it ... ]

[ze_uwu_jun]

Yes.

[ Immediate. This part is easy. And, for the first time since arriving here - other than under the influence of things that affect moods - so is Xichen's smile.

He leans, just a little, against the hold of those hands, his eyes calmer now. He will probably give more information, eventually. He doesn't want to hide, but he understands not wanting to know too much about the future. But also...

Da ge is here. Da ge is alive, and the world is suddenly right again. And Xichen will do his utmost best to keep it right. ]

I am very happy to see you again. [ And this is normal, this is as always. In fact, Xichen sounds more and more like himself by the moment. ] It... how much of what they told you before coming to the city would you like to ask about, da ge? I have been here long enough that I can probably help.

♥!

[songofdeneir]

-= double good job, cadderly. first time around people and denier knows how long and you've gone and made yourself seem like a stalker. he clears his throat and steps forward ready to apologize but pauses, the confusing reaction veering him momentarily off course=-

Excuse me?

-= did this young man just mistake him for a woman? what in the world kind of woman is he used to? orcs? he's tall and broad shouldered, and very well put together he'd like to think=-

That's an odd mistake to make, if you don't mind me saying.

-=not that he has a problem with it, it's just never happened before!=-

[consignation]

[ It's a thousand perfect sensations at once, it's all the splendor of a glittering night sky. There's the warmth of Jin Zixuan's hand on his cheek, his shoulder, his hip, a stardust trail of a lover's touch. There's the quiet intake of breath, the delicate furrow of his lover's brow, the subtle tremor of muscle on his exhale.

And then there's that smile, so rare upon Jin Zixuan's lips that Jiang Cheng's own breath catches.

There has never been a reward greater than the moan that spills from Zixuan's lips, no triumph or word of praise Jiang Cheng regards with more pride. That it carries his name shakes him to the core, Zidian responding to his fluster, electric current lapping with its master's hunger where his hand is braced against Zixuan's hip.

He needs no more prompting than that shift of his partner's hips, lifting him up for a better angle as he settles upon a rhythm, slow to start but soon driving himself into Jin Zixuan's pliant body with brutal force. The bed creaks and the headboard scrapes and Jiang Cheng palms over his lover's cock to stroke in time with his thrusts, consumed with the vision that is Jin Zixuan's pleasure. ]

[shiliu]

Mm.

[ That's in response to her question about whether there were any people here from his homeland. He can't really elaborate further, or comment on her nonsensical complaint, because he's got to negotiate the process of landing.

Lower and lower the pegasus glides. Suddenly, as the ground runs rapidly beneath them, its wings flap backwards to slow down, until with a thump all four legs hit the purple earth, and without missing a step, it gallops. Gu Yun lets it run for a while, half out of the stirrups, holding Kaoru tightly, before gently pulling on the reins. It slows down to a canter and then, folding its wings, walks elegantly, lifting high each diamond-glinting hoof. ]

Glad you liked it. We're here.

[ There's an emergency entrance to the hospital, with stretchers floating outside, but the pegasus has brought them to the ambulatory entrance. Smooth planed glass doors slide open and a cluster of shiny, polished white robots glide out and wait. ]

[worstintheworld]

[She's torn. Desperately she wants it to be him. Logic dictates that it's impossible. Which side is she supposed to believe? He knows about the promise, so she finds herself succumbing to her hope far more than her despair. But she needs to be so, so careful...!]

[Immediately her hand comes up, pinky finger extended as she fixes him with an intense stare. If it's him, he'll know, he'll--]

...What?

[Was she still alive? Her furrowed brow eases as she straightens, surprised at the question.]

Of course I was. I still am.

[Does she really appear so dreadful to him? Her hand lowers. He wouldn't be asking her that if he weren't who he alludes he is. It's heartbreaking, but it's proof just as solid as their promise. Her chest hurts.]

I...I see... It truly is you, isn't it?

[Her hand reaches for his cheek, but stops short when she sees the smears of brightly colored slime on her fingers. Quickly she tries to wipe them off on the hem of her blouse, but it's just as dirty as her hand if not worse.]

Ooh...!

[soupervillain]

Oh did I not introduce myself?

[ Giovanni straightens up to his full height, a lanky 6 feet or so. ]

I'm Giovanni Potage, proud captain of the Banzai Blasters! We specialize in crime, capers, and general no-goodery! Hah!

[ He shifts into some kind of weird pose and holds it for a moment. The effect is lacking. ]

...That would have been cooler if I had my boys backing me up. See, "boys" is what I call my minions. I mean, two of them are girls, but that's not the point. The point is team spirit! So, like, if your minions were your friends, you'd be a pretty good Banzai Captain, I'd say!

[ He briefly leans over to pat Taichi on the shoulder. ]

So you guys were some kind of... newspaper club? Write about any interesting crimes? Any awesome criminals?

[ did you write about him taichi ]

[sheeples]

No, it's, uh... It's okay. We were both drunk. And I slept-- fine, I think.

[Vincent is just glad he woke up in bed alone like he remembers, instead of having another person wake up next to him. That would have really left him questioning just what the hell happened last night.

He leaves the coffee to brew and gets a couple of mugs, trying not to side-eye those many appendages too much.]

So, h-how do you like your coffee? [Just act normal. Everything here is 100% normal.]